Project description
A new model for increased solar energy efficiency
Solar photovoltaics (PVs) and sustainable fuel production from photocatalysis have emerged as alternative technologies to fossil fuels. However, these technologies need innovative methods to improve and increase their efficiency and keep their costs low. The EU-funded FENCES project will demonstrate an innovative mechanism relying on the phenomenon of the bulk PV effect in ferroelectrics. The mechanism will combine ferroelectrics and photoactive materials in nanocomposite thin films to increase solar energy efficiency. FENCES will design and synthesise optimal ferroelectric nanostructures and control their characteristics. The project will also develop precise device models to accurately explain and predict device behaviour and use these models to predict optimal materials.
Fields of science
- natural scienceschemical sciencescatalysisphotocatalysis
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringnanocomposites
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsenergy conversion
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic
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Funding Scheme
ERC-COG - Consolidator GrantHost institution
E1 4NS London
United Kingdom
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E1 4NS London
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